Telehealth use increased 63-fold during pandemic; behavioral health tops list … Repeat colonoscopies recommended too often for the elderly, study suggests … Higher resting heart rate in elderly linked...
Communication and collaboration yields a reduction in behaviors
By
Janean Kinzie
Oct 25, 2021
Reducing antipsychotic medication use in long-term care residents has been a focus for both nursing home operators and practitioners for nearly 10 years since the launch of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...
The next pandemic is just starting
By
Mike Lawler
Oct 06, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to earn the country’s attention, and rightfully so. New waves of outbreaks and new variants are likely to be a fact of life for the foreseeable future. Without a doubt,...
The most critical gap in patient care: Post-discharge behavioral health
By
Sherie L. Friedrich, PsyD
Sep 28, 2021
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has experienced a marked shift to home-based care as more and more patients – including seniors – opt to recover at home rather than in a long-term...
Behavioral telemedicine can improve geriatric mental health
By
Sherie L. Friedrich, PsyD
Feb 02, 2021
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, skilled-nursing facilities have focused – rightly so – almost entirely on infection control and maintaining the health and safety of residents and staff....
New behavior management guidelines support person-centered dementia care
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2020
Properly addressing the distress that underlies dementia-related behaviors is key to improving quality of life and preventing rapid decline in these patients, according to new guidance from leading dementia...
Lower-rated facilities get more Alzheimer’s admissions: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 29, 2020
Highly rated operations had 3% fewer newly admitted residents with Alzheimer’s. CNA wages and Medicaid add-ons may play a role in the findings, report investigators.
Behavioral counseling recommended for those with CVD risk
By
Alicia Lasek
May 13, 2020
Behavioral counseling including diet and physical activity interventions is tied to significantly reduced risk for cardiovascular events, finds a new review
Clinical Briefs for Friday, November 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2019
Loss of food enjoyment can isolate cancer patients … No hospital disinfectants can kill off C. difficile bacterium … Study helps explain why exercise guards against heart disease … ‘First-of-its-kind’...
Behavioral health challenges pose higher hospitalization risk than dementia, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 23, 2019
Nursing facility residents with behavioral health disorders are more likely to be hospitalized than residents with dementia, say researchers.